Juvenile wire tailed swallow

[gail bisson]

Canon 7D
F 4 500mm
f 5.0
ISO 500
SS 1/1600
PP in LR3. Cloned part of bird head from bottom of perch and cropped by 10 % from top and right hand side
Comments and critiques always learned from and appreciated with thanks,
Gail

[Don Nelson]

Lovely background and well exposed bird. I like the overall coloration of both.

[Melissa Groo]

Wowwee, I love this, Gail. What a gorgeous BG and a loverly bird. Great exposure, awesome colors. Nice job on the comp too.

[dankearl]

Very nice Gail, they are tough to get the right exposure on and yours looks good,
Not too metallic and a nice expression.

[Dave Leroy]

A very nice and attentive bird. Pose, exposure and focus are right on. A bit more dof for the tail would have been nice. A very good looking swallow.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Very, very nice..Great colors in the BG and the pose and comp look good. Perch works very nicely. I havent seen these guys often.

[Stu Bowie]

Gail, super pose, and the light has brought out the blue iridescence nicely. With the swallow almost parallel to the camera, Im surprised the tail didnt fall into the DOF range, even at F/5.0.

[Ofer Levy]

Pretty image! Lovely light, sharpness, detail, eye contact - so sweet!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot - spot on!

[ramesh anantharaman]

This is one brilliant portrait. Really like all the techs and the beautiful bird.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Gail, excellent!! loved the DOF and the BG...so different. Good exposure on the perch as those are easy to blow. perfect head turn and great colors.